Federal judge unseals evidence against Barry Bonds

Federal judge unseals evidence against Barry Bonds

Feb. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- A federal judge in San Francisco released hundreds of pages of court documents against former Giants slugger Barry Bonds in his perjury trial that is slated to begin on March 2, according to U.S. media report Thursday.


Former San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds leaves a federal courthouse after a hearing before his perjury trial in San Francisco, California December 21, 2007.

A hearing is set for Thursday in the San Francisco court, and District Judge Susan Illston is to determine what evidence will be admitted at the trial.

The long lists included that Bonds, the most prolific home run hitter in baseball history, was accused of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative in sworn testimony on Dec. 4, 2003.

Also included in the released documents is a transcript of a taped conversation between Bonds’s former trainer, Greg Anderson, and his former business manager, Stevie Hoskins, discussing injecting Bonds with performance-enhancing drugs.

Many of current and former major leaguers received injection along with Bond, including Jason Giambi, who are scheduled to testify for the government during Bonds' upcoming trial.

The documents also alleged that Bonds tested positive in 2000 and 2001 for the steroids methenelone and nandrolone.

A government-retained scientist said he found evidence that Bonds used the designer steroid THG upon retesting a urine sample, which was seized in a government raid in 2004.

　(Agencies)